What is the de Broglie wavelength for a $"0.01 kg"$ particle moving at $"10 m/s"$ "?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-15T13:48:37

I got: $6.63xx10^-33m$

We know that the deBroglie wavelength is:

$lambda=h/p$

where:

We get:

$lambda=(6.63xx10^-34)/(0.01*10)=6.63xx10^-33$ $"m"$ ,

too small to be detected by any device.

This is indicative of a large, non-quantum system.

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